From zero to 90 thousand word hero. Four attributes a writer needs.
28 Thursday Jan 2016
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shehanne moore 
Been reading my mail then? Three days of torment on the writing front…you really should have posted this earlier! Good stuff mind!
Mike, I set the dudes on this task for you after you asked about getting to the end of the manuscript. I issue a total disclaimer re what they came up with. Seriously lovely to see you. Now I hope to see that book of yours x
Thanks…I genuinely appreciate your kind words and these past few days have been cataloguing a whole mass of stuff to get it out the way before I attempt the proper book thing that even now scares me more than going into the ring with Mike Tyson (or whomsoever)!
You can do this Mike. You are too talented to fail. Just write. Don’t think about the words, or what one is better. Just get them down. If you don’t have words, you have nothing. The dudes will be doing more posts over the next few weeks. Hamstah Dickens is such a fount of knowledge…not…. Seriously they are hoping to ask visiting authors about difficulties they encountered and hoping to look at editing and stuff. They just thought they would start with the basics.
Thank God I read this post. I was hungry for lunch, but read the tip about not eating my manuscript (which I was about to do!)
Great advice Hammies and Shey. I’m bulldozing my way through a manuscript that I started Friday…at 13K words already! But I’m just getting the framework down, not stopping to fuss yet. After I’ve got the first horrible draft done, I will do many passes of refining. But it’ll be DONE enough to be a complete story! Can I hear a Doo doo do doo from the hammies?
Will you ever let poor Bobby Bub out?
She gone and wrote her story, DO DO DOOOOO. There how’s that? Thank goodness you never ate it. DO DO DOOO. I might let Bobby out. Then again I might not. Lovely to see you doll x
Well now, as I am on the cusp of finishing a manuscript, I am eternally grateful to Hamstah Dickens for such perspicacious advice. I have been spreading chocolate spread around its edges and nibbling. I nibbled a whole paragraph last week. But now I will git that there manuscript cleaned up and ready – but I ain’t holdin’ mah breath either, Bobby Bub.
(BB, I am smuggling a file to ya inside a cake. Shey is too busy decorating to notice.)
Foah that I is eternally grateful, deah lady, Youah devoted servant, Bobby Bub.
Lookee here, Bobby Bub, I’m coming with my bulldozer. Shey thinks it’s for finishing my book, but oh no. I’ve got other ideas. Get ready.
I mighta guessed. This new book is but a ruse eh! xxxxx
A paragraph? See that is why it is taking you longer to finish. Just eat the lot. I am so thrilled Hamstah Dickens offered the best advice yet on that subject. So long as none of us need to diet, this is sound. Lovely to see you,. xx Ps You would
I will follow the Master’s instructions and be like a bulldozer. Oh yes.
HA ha. Yeah you go to bulldoze your way to the word court. You can do the real demolition work after , except poor Hamstah Dickens never reaches the count and Bobby bub can’t count so….
Excellent advice from Hamstah Dickens Shey. I’ve jotted it down, added tomato ketchup and mayo (I can’t spell mayonnaise). Supper time ! 😀 xoxox ❤
I’m so glad Hamstah Dickens had some use. I really think your cats and Hamstah Dickens would get along just fine. (Just don’t mention mayo.) xxxxxxxx
My lips are sealed 😀 xoxox
I almost ate my last book…almost. 😉
GOD!! I know you had your moments. Believe me I had probs with Splendor which I am gonna talk about in a post about going with your gut instinct when you write.
Looking forward to it, Shey! 😀
OMG I loved it! Although they’re a bit yappy, I think they’re really trying, in gratitude for you lettin’ em out of the cage. I’m not sure how useful the tip: don’t eat the manuscript will be, but certainly, don’t stop to edit may prove very helpful for writers. LOL Great post Shey. I really think you could be making Hamstah comic books? ❤
Lol Debby, you made my day my darling. (Yep, I dunno about them but you sure made mine) I used to work in comic books years ago. I loved it actually so I like to keep my hand in you know, at telling the story in boxes. It’s entirely different from prose writing nad you really had to be tight in terms of so many boxes per instalment. The dudes are gonna do a little series on writing, mainly on overcoming the difficulties of things like getting that word count down A lot of folks I speak to –some of them wonderful writers–can’t get finished up on a first book cos they’ve stopped to edit and then they’ve lost it. Anyway, thank you my darling. Have a great weekend x
What a wonderful idea Shey, using the dudes for instructional, LOL. The biggest timesuck is editing as you go, new writers will learn this, at least if Bobby Bub has his say! There’s no point in editing, because the first draft is always shit. Revisions come long before editing.
Happy weekend to you to my friend! ❤
Debs.. re timesuck? Exactly. I have a graveyard that way. ANd other blogs to come from the dudes on what to do with the 150000 incomprehensible words xxx
Of course you know this xxxxx
I am so glad Hamstah Dickens has learned his lesson and given up eating his manuscripts. Goodness only knows how many priceless words of wisdom and elegant prose have passed through his digestive system! I think Bobby Bub should be let out. He’s eccentric – but mostly harmless
He will get up a petition you know. the trouble is he has no home. He set the gingerbread house he got for Christmas, on fire after going head to head with Dylan. SO he needs a new abode. . I am not sure Hamstah Dickens has given up scoffing. There was a chewed up piece of paper with the word A on it only.
Shehanne : happy week end . & saluti to the critters … funny people … i agree … ciaociao by Rinaldo.
Happy happy weekend, my friend. May it be a good one full of fun x
Fantastic post,good advice for writers,dear Shey!Apt title as well,it epitomises the big truth.You and your well-trained dudes did a very good job.All the best with your new book and the books of the writers you have interviewed.You are all really talented and prolific writers 🙂
Aww Doda, xxxxx I am not anything, it is all the dudes, But if Hamsta Dickens can get writing and——maybe get to where he wants to be, we’re good. xxxxx
You know,modesty is a virtue … Isn’t it?But the dudes are the best,they are part of your imagery and your inventive mind.Hugs to you & to the dudes 🙂 xxx
Hugs to you from me and the dudes. They are just silly really but some folks say they get a laugh so…. x
Please sweet dudes remove one “t” from the word writers in the last but one line ….
TYBH ~ Have a brilliant weekend 🙂
we will try xxxxx the dudes ( sometimes we get it wrong but you can look see)
Have a nice weekend yourself xxxxx the dudes
I knew my beloved dudes that you make the best editing and proofreading.You’re absolutely great ~ Hugs 🙂 xxx
We ate it.
Love the dudes x
Unbelievable! You just put up a hilariously useful post. That’s ‘food’ for thought. I need to bookmark this even if i only write food blogs…I have to keep myself from eating them literally haha😁😂 chomp chomp chomp….
Dearest Skd,
Sometimes we have our uses and are more than a paw print
although we do chomp,
alas…..
the dudes
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Thanks, Hammies, for your writing tips. I have to keep my own manuscripts from my dog because he’s been known to eat a few pages.I think it’s his way of reading.
Good luck, Shey, with this series. 🙂
Carol, like everything else, I leave this in the lap of gods and hamsters xxxxx But always glad to see you wonderful lady xxx
I promise not to eat my manuscript! What a hoot, this had me in stitches. I loved the simplicity of the I agree hamster! Great captions, cute little guys telling the how to do it right hamster style. 🙂
AW… That is so kind. If I tell them they would get too grand to blog any more tips so we will keep the fact this made my day between ourselves! Whatever you do, do NOT eat that manuscript. Lovely to meet you xxx
Ok, I love a secret, keep the hamsters guessing. I promise not to eat my manuscript, I tend to prefer chocolate! Lovely to meet you too. xx
I see you are a busy lady . Just over looking at your blog. My dear how nice to meet a writer on this side of the pond. We gotta to keep in touch now! And I am sure the dudes will be delighted to host you here too. I will just twist their paws a bit
I’m still chuckling over this sweet, funny & truthful post. Your hamsters rock!
AWW. I won’t tell them. They would be unbearable! Thank you Resa, all that matter is folks get a chuckle x
I have no expertise on writing, it is why I am not questioning the Hamsters’ wisdom. Good job, dudes! xx
I don’t know they have any expertise either so how this will pan out ???? PASS. xxxxx Lovely to see you my darling xx
Guess they will never produce any manuscript then… Neither will I.
Hope to meet another remarkable heroine soon! Best of luck! xxxx
Awwww, you are far too kind Inese. My knees are quaking now that Splendor won’t disappoint! I am busy with the prequel to the VIking and I think the woman who goes on to be Malice’s Grandmother should follow the tradition. She is a modern girl who ends up in the 17th Century so I am having fun with her. I don’t know if anyone would produce a manuscript on the hamster dudes’ advice. They are meant to be helping some folks get their story licked into shape but I fear their tips, I really do. They do have some guest authors lined up so….
such a clever way to present the words, and hilarious!
‘But shey said no’- brilliant
Jessie, that is so kind of you. I just like a laugh so I set the dudes on it. I won’t tell them you said this, their wee heads will swell Lovely to speak to you xxxxx
Are they actually your guinea pigs?!
They are pure invention. x
I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy reading what your hamsters have to say and that they always put a smile on my face.
Thank you 😀
You have made my day today despite all the rain AGAIN. They are such blabby wee dudes but so long as they makes folks smile . SO kind of you to let them know. Have a lovely Saturday x